PBS' Washington Week hits the road for a series of Election Year Specials
By: AARP | Source: AARP | Date Posted:
Washington Week Roadshows in 2008:
Los Angeles, CA
February 1
Alex Theatre (Glendale, CA)
St. Petersburg, FL
February 15
Mahaffey Theatre
Cleveland, OH
April 4
Waetjen Auditorium at Cleveland State University
Philadelphia, PA
May 9
Irvine Auditorium
Atlanta, GA
June 20
Rialto Center for the Performing Arts
Denver, CO
August 22
Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
August 29
The Ted Mann Concert Hall
Washington, D.C.
September 5
GW Lisner Auditorium
Eight AARP-Sponsored Live Audience Shows Planned for PBS in 2008
PBS' Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal is the longest-running news and public affairs program on public television. Now in its 40th year, PBS' Washington Week brings together America’s best journalists each Friday evening on PBS, providing insight and perspective on the week’s top stories. Ifill, moderator and managing editor of PBS' Washington Week since 1999, has bolstered the show’s journalistic roots and its commitment to hearing from the reporters who actually cover the news.
“We have learned a lot each time we have taken PBS' Washington Week on the road,” said Ifill. “This election year we will visit some of America’s most vibrant cities, enabling us to find out what voters are thinking, and to get a true gauge of American sentiments and attitudes.”
Tickets will be available at the Theatre box office. Check back here for availability of future broadcasts.
Each PBS' Washington Week road show will be the classic half-hour broadcast taped before a live audience and will feature its usual panel of top national journalists. In addition, following the program, a half-hour Washington Week Extra broadcast will be taped featuring questions from the audience directed to Gwen Ifill and the panel. This additional thirty minutes of programming will be offered as both a television broadcast and a Webcast. The Webcast will be available on the program Web site at www.pbs.org/washingtonweek.
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